Cover Types

1. Early Magazine Covers

Early magazine covers tended to have more words than pictures. Magazine covers were very similar to book covers at the time and had little to no pictures at all on them. Some only had a tittle, publisher, and a small illustration without relation to the magazine while others had a title, publisher, and table of contents or description of the magazine.

2. The Poster Cover

The poster cover style of magazines mainly consisted of a huge picture and the tittle and publisher in small font. Magazine companies would choose a picture that may have slightly related to the magazine. The magazines felt that their one chosen cover picture expressed the magazine thoroughly when it really was not related to the articles in the magazine at all.

 3. Pictures Married to Type

This style of magazine covers insures that the words and picture of a magazine are paired together for maximum desire to the eye. Magazines find a way to design the cover lines of articles to cohesively go with the cover art or picture on the magazine. With this style of magazine, a reader or passerby can quickly get a glimpse of what the magazine features to see if their interest in purchasing a magazine is sparked.

 4. In the Forest of Words

The in the forest of words magazine style boasts lots of big words and as well as a cover picture and the name of the magazine. Unlike pictures married to type, the attention of the reader is more so directed to the cover lines than the cover picture itself. To the reader, the magazine cover's cover lines are almost shouting, commanding attention to themselves to turn heads and spark interest in the possible buyer of the magazine.